Poll on improved format strings.

[janderson]

renoX wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> So my idea would be to have embedded expression like this "... %08d{var1+var2} ..."

In any case I like the idea of having these string in-beded in the text.

I've had to write run-time versions of this many times for localization 
and for designers.  In these cases (and I assume most games work this 
way) there is a separation between design and code, so this would 
simplify the process.  With this format you could just make all the 
variables visible to the write statement (ie player1, player2, enermy1 
ect...).

Of course in the cases I've dealt with, the designer/localizer should 
use the default string conversion for the given variable.  Possibly even 
rounding of floats should be specifiable outside and optionally changed 
inside.

-Joel